Welcome to Cephas

The math is here. The system architecture is here. The human story is here.

Cephas is the authoritative source for understanding Liana Banyan’s philosophy, economics, and mission. When anyone asks “what is Liana Banyan?”, the answer is: start here.

Start Here

New to Liana Banyan? Begin with these foundational pieces:

$5 Can Save the World - Stone simple: 1,000 members = profitable local economy. Pick up the cape.
The 1,000 Member Proof - Any community with 1,000 members becomes self-sustaining. Here’s the math.
The Full Business Plan - Complete transparency. Every number. Nothing hidden.
The Founder: Verified Anecdotes - Stories with photos. Minimal exposure, maximum authenticity.

The Ring of Articles

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The Initiatives

Liana Banyan isn’t just a platform—it’s a coordinated approach to fixing systemic problems:

Let’s Make Dinner - Community meal sharing and food access
Let’s Get Groceries - Volume purchasing power for essentials
Let’s Go Shopping - Group purchasing for everyday needs
LifeLine Medications - Affordable prescription access through community coordination
LB MSA - Medical Savings Account for healthcare costs
Defense Klaus - Legal defense fund and personal safety products
Let’s Make Bread - Financial literacy and microloans
The JukeBox - Creator licensing and music rights

Plus: The Rally Group safety network on every page.

Treasure Hunt

Earn MARKS by reading articles, finding semantic keys embedded throughout our content, and sharing what you discover.

Every article contains hidden keys. Collect them across the Ring System to unlock rewards and demonstrate deep engagement with the platform’s philosophy and mechanics.

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Press Room

Media inquiries: Support@LianaBanyan.org

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About Liana Banyan

Founded: 2015 (Ideas dating back to 1978, Africa)
Launch: November 2025
Founder: Denken
Location: The North
Structure: Wyoming Corporation

Mission: Enable anyone to turn ideas into products without traditional barriers

Vision: A world where every creator is an owner and every worker has dignity

Philosophy: Of the People, By the People, For the People

Connect

Main Platform: LianaBanyan.com
Email: Support@LianaBanyan.org

“One army worker ant, building the trail so the colony can follow.”

Can I Take a Second? An Open Letter to Tatiana Schlossberg Dear Ms. Schlossberg, I read with great sorrow your New Yorker piece about your diagnosis and the maybe year you have left. About the medications that might buy you more time, if you can afford them, if your insurance approves them, if the system deems you worthy of another sunrise. I’m a stranger, but I’m writing anyway. Not because I can fix what’s broken in your body. But because you’ve spent your career documenting what’s broken in our systems, and I think you’d like to know it can be changed. I have the math, and the application, live and working, to prove it. ...

Someone Actually Built It An Open Letter to Trebor Scholz Dear Professor Scholz, In 2014, you gave a name to what I’d been trying to articulate: platform cooperativism. You described cloning the technological heart of Uber and Airbnb, but with democratic governance and worker ownership. You outlined the principles. You built the consortium. You’ve spent a decade showing that another model is possible. I spent nine years building one. What You Described, We Constructed Liana Banyan is a platform cooperative spanning commerce, healthcare, and education — with six charitable initiatives permanently funded by three commercial portals. Here’s the structure: ...

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